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September 23, 2005Canada: Wal-Mart workers gain The British Columbia Labor Relations Board has certified a union at a Wal-Mart Tire & Lube Express in Cranbrook after a majority of workers there voted to unionize with UFCW Canada Local...
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Colombias paramilitaries still wreaking havoc
September 23, 2005Luciano Enrique Romero Molina, a Colombian trade union leader and father of four, was found dead on Sept. 11 in his home city of Valledupar. His hands were tied behind his back. He had 40 stab...
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Literacy is revolution Cuba lends a hand
September 23, 2005Nineteen months ago, 36 municipalities in the Mexican state of Michoacan embarked upon a literacy campaign. Thousands graduated Sept. 12 — four days after International Literacy Day — in the capital city Morelia. In all, some...
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Israels Sharon defies world opinion at UN
September 23, 2005Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was remarkably candid during his visit to New York last week about his government’s continued willingness to push ahead with several policies widely regarded as violations of international law. In the...
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Bay Area demonstrators: Immigrant rights, not vigilante violence
September 23, 2005SAN JOSE, Calif. — On Sept. 15, the eve of Mexican Independence Day, Bay Area immigrant rights advocates called for recognition of immigrants’ great contributions to California’s economy and culture, challenged those who would deny them...
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